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FEATURES
NE CHANGE RIEN
by Pedro Costa |
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NE CHANGE RIEN Ne change rien was born as a result of a friendship uniting actress Jeanne Balibar, sound engineer Philippe Morel and Pedro Costa.
With Jeanne Balibar; Rodolphe Burger; Hervé Loos; Arnaud Dieterlen; Joel Theux Image and direction Pedro Costa Editing Patrícia Saramago Sound Philippe Morel | Olivier Blanc | Vasco Pedroso Sound EditingMiguel Cabral Sound Mix Jean Pierre Laforce Camera assistants Aurelién Gerbault | Ema Akimoto | Sosuke Yamamoto Producer Sociedade Óptica Técnica, Abel Ribeiro Chaves Co-Producer Red Star Cinema , Sebastien de Fonseca & Cédric Walter Associate producers Cinematix | Tamaki Tsuchida | Kazuyuki Yano With the support of ICA | RTP | CNC
Festivals: Cannes Film Festival – Director`s Fortnight
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OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST |
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Our Beloved Month of August Deep in the Portuguese mountains, the population and its activities swell during the month of August. The people come home, set off fireworks, fight fires, perform karaoke, jump off the bridge, hunt wild boar, drink beer, make children. If the director and his team had gone straight to the essential, resisting the festivities, the synopsis would be reduced to: “This Dear Month of August follows the romantic relations of the father, the daughter and her cousin, musicians in a dance hall music group.” Love and music, then.
Directed By Miguel Gomes Written By Miguel Gomes | Mariana Ricardo | Telmo Churro Music Arrangement Mariana Ricardo Cinematography Rui Poças A.I.P. Camera Assistant Lisa Persson Sound Director Vasco Pimentel
AWARDS: OTHER FESTIVALS:
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UPRISE by Sandro Aguilar |
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Uprise Dealing with the loss of a loved one. In an apartment, the man tries to get used to the disembodied space where his father lived. A couple expecting a baby live in the remote countryside but one night the husband goes out to never come back. These men and women seem anesthesized in their overwhelming grief and lugubrious aura. Survivors walking in spaces almost devoid of life, namely hospital corridors, they stumble forward, seeking a place to rest.
Cast Rui António Pedroso Leonor Isabel Abreu Jorge Gustavo Sumpta Luísa Cátia Afonso Paulo Tiago Barbosa Rui#2 Guilherme Pina Cabral Pedro João Nicolau Kid Tomé Mendonça Sofia Adriana Queiróz Cristina Joana Brandão Ginja Manuel Mesquita Crew written, edited and directed by Sandro Aguilar cinematography Paulo Ares sound Pedro Melo set director Fernando Areal sound editor Miguel Martins Sandro Aguilar mix Miguel Martins producers Luís Urbano Sandro Aguilar 5th Indielisboa 2008
“Sandro Aguilar's strange, elliptical debut feature more than fulfils the promise revealed in his |
THE LOVEBIRDS by Bruno de Almeida |
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The Lovebirds THE LOVEBIRDS intertwines six stories in the course of one night in Lisbon. An artist pursues a girl through the old cobblestone streets bewitched by the resemblance she has to his dead wife; two small-time crooks break into an apartment as they argue about a lover that tries to divide them; an aging director shooting a boxing film struggles with a movie star and a boxer who has too much pride to be knocked out; an alienated taxi driver brutally kills a prostitute but when he picks up a pregnant woman he may unexpectedly find redemption; a pilot’s weekend affair with a fashion designer goes haywire when her overprotective dog exposes certain trivialities in their relationship; an archaeologist refuses to come out of a work pit where his obsessions may be a cover up for something deeper. A mix of lovable off-beat characters dealing with love, friendship, passion, solitude and hope.
Cast
Michael Imperioli, Ana Padrão, John Ventimiglia, Joaquim de Almeida, Drena de Niro, Rogério Samora, Marcello Urgeghe, Fernando Lopes, Nick Sandow, Cleia Almeida, Johnny Frey, Filipe Vargas, Dmitry Bogomolov, Laura Soveral, Ivo Canelas, Suzie Peterson, Joe Berardo Crew casting PATRÍCIA VASCONCELOS sound VASCO PEDROSO, PEDRO MELO, MIGUEL MARTINS Production and Costume Designer ZÉ BRANCO cinematography ANDRÉ SZANKOWSKI, EDMUNDO DÍAZ production director ANA PINHÃO editing BRUNO DE ALMEIDA, PEDRO RIBEIRO associate producer MIDAS FILMES a co-production BA FILMES, ARCO FILMS, EGEAC, RTP screenplay BRUNO DE ALMEIDA, JOHNNY FREY directed & produced BRUNO DE ALMEIDA FANTASPORTO (Portugal) – Special Jury`s Award– Director`s Week |
BLOOD OF MY BLOOD by João Canijo |
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Blood of My Blood In the suburbs of Lisbon, Márcia, a single mother of two in her forties, works as a cook in a neighbourhood restaurant and shares her house with her sister Ivete, a hairdresser on a shopping centre. Andreia, the daughter, works as a cashier on a supermarket, studies nursing and dates César, a security guard. Joca, the son, is unemployed and a small-time delinquent. One day Andreia confesses to her mother that she is in love with one of her professors, Vieira, an older and married man. Unexpectedly, Márcia follows her when they part, soon to discover the lovers and, in shock, realize that an unnamed tragedy is pending over them… IN PRE-PRODUCTION
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DOCUMENTARIES
| REGARDING ANTÓNIO CAMPOS by Catarina Alves Costa |
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António Campos – Regarding Campos A portrait of António Campos, the exceptional filmmaker that had been called an “amateur”, and one of the most unique directors of Portuguese Cinema by capturing the country on film during the 1960’s and 70’s. Often considered a director on the fringe, solitary, instinctive; Campos represents the passion to film.
Statements from: Alexandre Gonçalves, Augusto M. Seabra, José Manuel Costa, João Bénard da Costa, Paulo Rocha, Fernando Cruz, Augusto Mota, Luís Capinha, Maria João Franco, Vítor Bandeira, and Acácio de Almeida 2009, 60 min. HDV
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| BARTOLOMEU CID DOS SANTOS – THROUGH DEVASTADED LANDS by Jorge Silva Melo |
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Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos – Through Devastaded Lands Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos (1931-2008), engraver and painter, was one of the great artists of the 20th century. His is the crepuscular world of the Empire in its twilight hour, and he created the first metaphors criticizing Portuguese colonialism. And which arose, through a renewed vitality, against the New World Order. He was aware, along with Eliot, that “both the past and the future are here in the present”.
Written and Directed by: Jorge Silva Melo Statements from: Alan Sillitoe, Hélder Macedo, João Cutileiro, John Aiken, Manuel Augusto Araújo, Paula Rego, and Valter Vinagre Assistant Director: Maria do Mar Fazenda, Andreia Bento; Photography: José Luis Carvalhosa; Sound: Armanda Carvalho; Edited by: Vítor Alves; Sound Mixing: Tiago Matos; Production: João Matos, Joana Cunha Ferreira, Alexandra Caiano; Produced by: Pedro Borges; with support from the Tavira City Hall, and the Camões Institute; Associate Producer: Artistas Unidos; a Midas Films Production for RTP 2
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| MANUEL HERMÍNIO MONTEIRO – M.H.M. By André Godinho, also written by Francisco José Viegas |
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Manuel Hermínio Monteiro – M.H.M. Hermínio liked to share his secrets. The Trás os Montes region of Northern Portugal was a secret, much like the Lisbon nightlife. The gastronomy was a secret, as were the wine and the cigars. Friends were a secret, like the poets, that were also friends. And the books were the biggest secret of them all. He revealed them all to the Assírio & Alvim publishing house.
Directed by: André Godinho Written by: André Godinho, Francisco José Viegas Statements from: Manuela Correia, António Costa, Luis Guerra, José Agostinho Baptista, Sérgio Godinho, Graça Morais, Rui Chafes, Manuel António Pina, Luis Miguel Queirós, and Fernando Pinto do Amaral Photography: Pedro Pinho; Sound: Nuno Morão, Armanda Carvalho, Olivier Blanc; Edited by: Luísa Homem; Production: Joana Cunha Ferreira, Alexandra Caiano with Marta Fernandes, Joana Moura, and Fabienne Martinot; Produced by: Pedro Borges; with support from the Camões Institute; a Midas Films Production for RTP 2
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| NUNO TEOTÓNIO PEREIRA – A MAN IN THE CITY by Joana da Cunha Ferreira, also written by Diogo Lopes |
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Nuno Teotónio Pereira – A Man in the City Nuno Teotónio Pereira is above all known for his work as an architect. Yet throughout his life, although he never stopped being an architect, he was much more than that. Even still, what if all those other roles he played in life, emerged from his primary role as an architect? This “portrait” of Nuno Teotónio Pereira does not intend anything beyond an introduction to his life and his work; as the achievements of an entire lifetime can never fit into one singular film.
Directed by: Joana Cunha Ferreira Written by: Joana Cunha Ferreira and Diogo Lopes Photography: João Ribeiro; Sound: Armanda Carvalho, Olivier Blanc; Edited by: Pedro Duarte; Production: Alexandra Caiano with Marta Fernandes, Joana Moura, and Fabienne Martinot Produced by: Pedro Borges; with support from the Camões Institute, and the Portuguese Order of Architects; a Midas Films Production for RTP 2
INDIELISBOA (2009 Lisboa Portugal) 28th Internacional Festival of Filmes on Art, Horizons section (2010 Montreal Canada)
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INHABITED PAINTING by Joana Ascensão |
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Inhabited Painting A glimpse into the universe of Helena Almeida, an artist who, since the late 60`s developed a body of work in which she explores the limits of self-representation, and the frontiers of different media, be it painting, drawing, photography or video. The fragmented nature of the film, the relevance of the studio, and the juxtaposition of sounds and images of different origins, attempt to convey the will and spirit of Helena Almeida`s works by avoiding direct illustration.
Direction and Camera Joana Ascensão Sound João Matos, Nuno Morão, Mathilde Neves Editing Joana Ascensão, João Nisa Sound Editing João Matos, Emídio Buchinho Mixing Emídio Buchinho Production Joana Ascensão, João Matos, Susana Nobre
Doclisboa 2006 – Best Portuguese Feature-Lenght Documentary (Tobis Grand Award)
Inhabited Painting is na outstanding portrait of the contemporary artist Helena Almeida, one that refuses to indulge to the visual, privileging instead a rigorous expression in framing and editing. (…) It´s a film of an unrelenting beauty. Ramiro Ledo, Cultura Galega
In Inhabited Painting, the biography of the artist is far from being the centre of the film – that we rarely see her face only makes it clearer. The goal isn`t to portray a “figure”, but to expose the relationship between an artist, the way she works, and her body of work. To see how her body (her hands, the main example), inhabits her painting, photographs, and the videos she makes. Luís Miguel Oliveira, Jornal Público |
ALDINA DUARTE, PROMISED PRINCESS |
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Aldina Duarte – Promised Princess A portrait of the unique personality of Aldina Duarte, a girlish lady, who sings the “fado” out of conviction and love. The film profiles her, unveiling her personality, travelling with her on a journey across her city, Lisbon, visiting the places that she most loves and knows so well, exposing herself as a free and open, generous and lively, innocent but wise woman, with the straightforwardness and a certain spice full of prudishness that are so identifying to Aldina Duarte. Midas Filmes presents INDIELISBOA (2009 Lisboa Portugal)
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BAB SEBTA BAB SEBTA means in Arabic the door of Ceuta and it is the narrow passage in the frontier between Morocco and Ceuta. It is the last obstacle that face those who came from all over Africa to arrive to Europe. |
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Bab Sebta The world is globalizing. Borders are fading. Markets liberalize. Exotic destinies proliferate. Multitudes of travellers circulate, capturing and amalgamating remote landscapes into tiny cameras. In the blink of an eye, goods cross hemispheres. In Europe's Southern border, a vast part of the world population is persistently excluded from this new reality. In this side, insurmountable barriers are consistently raised, drawing imaginary and transitory borders – invisible to the frantic flux of people and goods going from the North to the South, but impossible to cross for the men and women who decided to migrate in the opposite direction. BAB SEBTA project springs from the perplexity produced by the events of September 2005 and the images then broadcasted. The massive attacks of Sub-Saharan migrants to the borders of Ceuta and Melilla, in which an indeterminate number of people died, led us to start off a voyage to Northern Africa only two weeks after the attacks.The film occurs around four cities in the North of Africa. Four spaces along the coast of the continent were a large number of people gather waiting for an opportunity to cross to Europe. The characters of Bab Sebta arise from the description of these 4 environments and the sharing of the daily tasks and rituals of the awaiting.
Directors Frederico Lobo | Pedro Pinho
2008 2009
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FERNANDO LOPES, PROBABLY We go with Fernando Lopes on a journey to his origins (…) On our journey, the limits between cinema and life disappear. |
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Fernando Lopes, Probably We go with Fernando Lopes on a journey to his origins: on one side, the land, the childhood Várzea; on the other, the cinema, and the convulsions of the Portuguese New Cinema and the utopian desire of transforming the world.
Director JOÃO LOPES © 2008 MIDAS FILMES / RTP - Betacam Digital, p/b e cor, 16:9, 94’ e 58’
FANTASPORTO – 2008 (Portugal)
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HOMEOSTÉTICA A feature documentary about the not-likely-legendary contemporary art group known as the ultimate post-paradox art statement: The Homeostetica Movement. |
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Homeostética HOMEOSTÉTICA 6=0 is a feature documentary about the not-likely-legendary contemporary art group known as the ultimate post-paradox art statement: The Homeostetica Movement. The Homeostética group appeared in the Lisbon art scene in 1981 formed by six young artists: Pedro Proença, Manuel Vieira, Pedro Portugal, Xana, Ivo and Fernando Brito. Provocative and irreverent, the Homeostética produced wildly versatile work steeped in such varied influences as pop music, comic strips and film animation. From 1982 to 1986, the Homeostética organized five group shows, wrote manifestos, made super 8 films and were a visible and uncomfortable presence This documentary features interviews with the six artists, and includes the original films produced by the group as well as rare clips featuring the artists at work. www.arcofilms.com/bafilmes.html
Production BA FILMES with the support of DIRECÇÃO GERAL DAS ARTES and RTP2 with the
DOC LISBOA 2008 – Jury Special Mention Award (Portugal)
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INDEPENDENT HEART A documentary about Joana Vasconcelos herself, her work and how, in this process, she becomes a great cinema character. |
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Independent Heart Joana Vasconcelos is a young artist receiving increasing recognition. Her extremely inventive pieces are huge, funny, ironic, experimental, provocative, Portuguese, extremely simple and super elaborate. This documentary is about the way life and work mix until they become the same and how her pieces are born from this medley, like the big shoe made with dozens of pots (presented at the Venice Biennale in 2007) or the outsized chandelier made with cotton tampons instead of crystal pendants (Venice Biennale 2005)
A film by JOANA CUNHA FERREIRA A MIDAS FILMES / PEDRO BORGES Production
13º ARTECINEMA Festival Internazionale di film sull'Arte Contemporanea - Naples (Italy)
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MY FRIEND MIKE AT WORK (…)“Mike, why don’t you make a painting for me to film?” “Why not?” Mike responded. “But I should tell you that if I don’t like the painting there’s no film.”(…) |
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My Friend Mike at Work Mike, my friend, is half Swiss, half American. He is a painter and he has lived for thirty years in Portugal, where he discovered his Island of Loves. So, he is also Portuguese. His atelier is in Alandroal, an enormous former warehouse where we made this film. His nom de guerre is Michael Biberstein. Recognized internationally, his work, in Portugal, is represented at the Gulbenkian, at Serralves and in the Joe Berardo Collection. Abroad, he is represented in the collection of the Queen Sofia Museum in Madrid, the Beaubourg in Paris and the Withney Museum in New York. This, in addition to the many private Portuguese and foreign collections. We decided to initiate this adventure with a conversation in the house of mutual friends. “Mike, why don’t you make a painting for me to film?” “Why not?” Mike responded. “But I should tell you that if I don’t like the painting there’s no film.” “Should we risk it?” he asked. “This is the true nature of cinema, and now of painting.” We took the risk, and here is the result. Mike let me watch and film his interior journey in the creation of a painting. So we filmed its silence, its mystery and its magic.
MIDAS FILMES presents a film by FERNANDO LOPES with the painter MICHAEL BIBERSTEIN Special participation MARIA JOÃO SEIXAS A MIDAS FILMES Production Co-Producer BA FILMES with the support of SPA SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA DE AUTORES, INSTITUTO CAMÕES, this film was produced with the financial support of FICA FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO NO CINEMA E AUDIOVISUAL
DOCLISBOA 2008 (Portugal)
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